In answer to your question in the first number of _Young People_,
asking if any one knew the name of the man who first thought of
cheap postage, I would say that it was Sir Rowland Hill, of
England. He died a few months ago at Hampstead, near London, and
was buried in Westminster Abbey.
The answer to your letter puzzle in the same number is
"Longfellow."
F. B. HESSE (11 years old).
Clara S. Gardiner, St. Louis, Missouri, sends a similar reply.
Correct answers to letter puzzle have also been received from Albert E.
Seibert, New York city, and Annie B. Stephens, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Several correct answers to the mathematical puzzles have been sent in,
and will be published as soon as other correspondents have had time to
try their skill.
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LOUIS B. PARSONS, Montclair, New Jersey.--If you will put a very little
oil of cloves, or still better, a few drops of creosote, into your ink,
it will not trouble you by moulding. You should also keep it corked
tight when not in use.
[Continued from No. 3, Page 23.]